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Environmental groups laud the regulation, which would advance clean power in the US – if it survives expected legal challenges

Steam-based plants third biggest source of toxic wastewaterPollutants released into water linked to cancer and other illnessThe Trump administration is loosening rules for toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants...

From tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections

Of 265 US power plants that monitor groundwater, 242 report unsafe levels of at least one pollutant derived from coal ash

Move is part of a series of rollbacks pursued on behalf of coal interests, decisions scientists say are detrimental to public health

EPA says change to require efficiency efforts instead of carbon capture will encourage ‘clean coal’ in the US

Exelon lobbies against proposals and says weakening emissions rule would kill jobs and waste billions in investments

Multi-billion dollar company Exelon argues that weakening the emissions rule would kill jobs and waste billions in investments

The EPA isn’t rescinding the standard as of yet but has finished deciding to reconsider the analysis for the Obama-era rule

Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045

Some of the reporting of the climate impacts of the Dirty Power Plan has been inaccurate

New policy threatens to undermine decades of campaigns for efficient cars and other conservation programs

Acting administrator said the ease of Obama-era rules, which pushes back deadline to close ash dumps, saves $30m annually

The Republican Party values polluter wealth over public health

We should account for the costs of disease and death from fossil fuel pollution in climate change policies